enlist vs recruit

enlist

noun
  • One who is enlisted, usually in a military service. 

verb
  • To recruit the aid or membership of others. 

  • To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. 

  • To secure; to obtain. 

  • To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service. 

recruit

noun
  • A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. 

  • A hired worker 

  • A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population. 

  • A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. 

verb
  • To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc. 

  • To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population. 

  • To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body. 

  • To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster 

How often have the words enlist and recruit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )